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Albion, Holley and Kendall runners compete at Byron-Bergen invitational

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 18 September 2021 at 10:09 pm

Kendall boys third out of seven schools with full teams

Photos by Tom Rivers: Jovany Trejo of Albion nears the finish in his first varsity cross country race today for Albion. He is battling Elijah Selinger of Pembroke and Logan Cook of Hilton. Trejo was 37th overall at 22:02.

Three Orleans County school districts competed today in the Kota-Reis Cross Country Invitational at Byron-Bergen that included runners from about a dozen schools.

The Kendall boys team was third and Albion fifth out of the seven schools with full teams of at least five runners. Holley had runners compete in the boys race, but didn’t have five for a full team.

Albion girls were fifth out of six teams, while Holley and Kendall both had runners, but not enough for a full team. Batavia had the top boys and girls team on the day.

The team scores for boys included Batavia, 1st at 35 points; Hilton, 2nd at 82; Kendall, 3rd at 102; School of the Arts in Rochester, 4th at 105; Albion, 5th at 127; Byron-Bergen, 6th at 130; and Warsaw, 7th at 134.

Braxton Zarpentine of Kendall goes shoeless and puts everything into the final sprint near the finish to hold off Riley Navarra of Warsaw. Zarpentine was 45th overall at 23:06, with Navarra in 46th at 23:09.

The team scores for girls included Batavia, 1st at 26 points; Pembroke, 2nd at 52; Byron-Bergen, 3rd at 85; School of the Arts in Rochester, 4th at 99; Albion, 5th at 112; Avoca/Prattsburgh, 6th at 147.

Reuben Rivers of Albion was fifth overall out of 75 runners in 18:21, the top finish from an Orleans County school. (Nathan Canale of Batavia won the race in 17:37.) Albion also was led by its top five of Rivers in 5th; Jovany Trejo in 37th at 22:02; Greg Neptune at 40th in 22:26; Philip Monska in 54th at 24:16; and Jordan Marshall at 66th in 26:16.

Kendall’s top five finishers included: Ben Brundage of Kendall, 19th in 19:42; Bruce Rasmusson, 28th 20:44; Owen Hirschman, 30th in 21:00; Dutch Steffen, 31st in 21:07; and Alex King, 42nd in 22:57.

For Holley, the Hawks were led by Dylan Clemons, 23rd in 20:18. Ethan Hudzinski finished in 25:36 and Dylon Boyko at 38:27.

Lillian Mathes, front for Albion, and Gabriella Dobo of Albion compete in today’s invitational at Byron-Bergen.

In the girls race, Alexa Wolcott of Pavilion was the overall winner in 20:53, topping a field of 63 runners.

Albion was led by Gina Sidari in 14th at 24:25; S’koi Sanders at 24th in 25:55; Maggie Olles at 39th in 27:30; Meganne Moore, 42nd in 28:59; and Lillian Mathes, 46th in 30:06.

Kendall’s runners were led by Hannah Brundage, 12th overall in  24:01; Inez Strangler, 30th in 26:36; Libby Snyder, 37th in 27:24; and Paige Beers, 61st in 36:58.

Holley was led by Cecilia Famuggia, 54th in 32:23.

Holley was led by Dylan Clemons and Cecilia Famuggia during today’s invitational at Byron-Bergen.

Wellsville tops Holley in 8 man football

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 September 2021 at 9:35 pm

Jumping out to a 28-6 half-time lead, Wellsville went on to down visiting Holley 42-12 this evening in an 8 Man Division football game.

Holley Quarterback Destin Kuyal connected with Vinnie Galisano for a 50 yard touchdown pass and Hunter Smith ran one yard for the Hawks other TD. Smith ran for a total of 80 yards on the evening.

Frank Galisano led the Holley defensive effort with 10 tackles.

“They played hard. They played with a lot of heart,” said Holley Coach Wil Prince of the Hawks squad which had just 12 players available for the contest.

Holley will host Lyons/Sodus at 1 p.m. next Saturday.

Section VI B North Division

Maryvale 27, Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville 8

Maryvale bested Roy-Hart/Barker/Lyndonville 27-8 in a B North Division game this evening at Middleport.

Justin Terwilliger scored the Silverbacks touchdown on a 9 yard run. Trenton Muck passed to Payton Grabowski for the two-point conversion. Terwilliger had a total of 115 yards rushing and Drew Sandolfini 80 yards.

Albion earns split on super Soccer Saturday

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 September 2021 at 9:13 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Albion’s Ryan Olles works to get the ball around Pembroke defender Danielle Mast during the host Purple Eagles Homecoming Super Soccer Saturday win this evening.

Albion went 1-1 this evening during the Purple Eagles annual Homecoming Super Soccer Saturday event.

The Albion girls blanked Pembroke 5-0 in the opener while the Purple Eagles boys squad dropped a 6-0 decision to Attica in the nightcap.

The Albion girls took a quick 2-0 lead in the first seven minutes as Cami London scored twice off assists from Abby Scanlan And Nikki Creasey.

The Purple Eagles then put a lock on the victory with three second half goals by Kenzi Hapeman off an assist from Cami London, by Aly Knaak from Charley London and by Elisa Bropst.

The Albion girls improve to 4-1.

Albion’s Blake Stornelli sends the ball towards teammate Andrew Uderitz as Kyle George defends for Attica during this evening’s Homecoming contest.

Medina/Lyndonville romps past Global

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 September 2021 at 5:20 pm

A huge seven goal first half scoring explosion powered Medina/Lyndonville to a 7-0 non league boys soccer victory over Global Concepts today.

Jackson Moreland scored 4 goals, Cole Callard two, both on penalty kicks, and Zaric Boyce 1 as the Mustangs improve to 3-1.

In a Genesee Region League contest, Byron-Bergen/Elba downed Kendall 6-1.

Mike McCue scored the goal for Kendall off an assist from Zach Barrett.

Fast start sparks Mustangs past Steelers

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 September 2021 at 4:45 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina quarterback Xander Payne throws a touchdown pass to Jarin Rhim with a Lackawanna defender grabbing his leg during the Mustangs win over the host Steelers this afternoon.

Building up an early 20-0 lead, Medina went on to defeat host Lackawanna 34-16 this afternoon to improve to 3-0 on the season.

Quarterback Xander Payne put Medina on top to stay with a pair of first quarter touchdowns first on a 9 yard run and then on an 11 yard pass to Joe Cecchini.

Noah Skinner had a big 31 yard run to key the first scoring drive and a fumble recovery at the Steelers 35 which set up the second scoring opportunity.

The Mustangs upped the advantage to 20-0 early in the second quarter as Payne completed a screen pass to Iverson Poole who broke free for a 50 yard touchdown play. Skinner added the two-point conversion run.

Lackawanna did make things interesting by answering back with a pair of touchdowns on passes by quarterback William Gechell of 21 yards to Shyhiem Smalls and 35 yard to Mohamed Alshawai. The Steelers added the two point conversion after both scores to slice the Medina lead to just four, 20-16, at the half.

However, the Mustangs regained a little breathing room by putting together a 15 play, 69 yard scoring drive which used up most of the third quarter.

Payne, who had pass completions of 14 and 12 yards to Jarin Rhim and 11 yards to Greg Thompson on the drive, capped off the march with an 8 yard TD pass to Rhim with 1:25 to go in the quarter. Cayden Lilleby added the two-point conversion run to make it 28-16.

Medina finally put a lock on the victory when Skinner literally bulldozed his way for a 45 yard touchdown run early in the final quarter for a 34-16 Mustangs lead as he shook off several Steeler tacklers along the way.

Defensively for the Mustangs, Chris Johnson had two sacks and Skinner and Robert Arnold one each.

Medina next hosts Akron in a C North Division game at 7 p.m. Friday.

The loss drops Lackawanna to 1-2.

Medina’s Noah Skinner escapes a slew of  Lackawanna tacklers in route to his 45 yard touchdown run.

Roy-Hart and Akron post field hockey wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 18 September 2021 at 4:40 pm

Roy-Hart edged Kenmore 2-1 and Akron romped past Newfane 17-0 today in Niagara-Orleans League field hockey games.

Cheyenne Stilwell and Justine Laverty each scored a goal for Roy-Hart which improves to 3-2.

Olivia McClaine and Natalie Ginestre each scored 3 goals to lead a parade of seven different scorers for Akron which stays perfect at 4-0.

Holley and Kendall girls post G-R soccer wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2021 at 11:50 pm

Holley blanked Notre Dame 2-0 and Kendall downed Attica 6-2 in Genesee Region League girls soccer games this evening.

Scoring goals for Holley were Jailyn Bishop, off an assist from Emma Brady, and Samantha Bates.

Layne Walker made 6 saves to earn the shutout in goal for the Lady Hawks.

Holley improves to 2-1-1 in the league and 4-1-2 overall.

T’Mia Kitchings and Alezya Brown both scored 2 goals and Grace Levett and Ava Quintern each added one to lead Kendall (2-2, 2-3) past Attica.

In another G-R contest, Oakfield-Alabama blanked Lyndonville/Medina 3-0 as all of the scoring came in the second half.

Roy-Hart booters roll past CSAT

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2021 at 10:52 pm

Four players contributed goals as Roy-Hart downed visiting CSAT 7-1 this afternoon in a non league boys soccer game.

Elijah Giroux scored 3 goals, Peter Martillotta 2 and Aiden Guild and Rem Albee 1 each for Roy-Hart as Trent Choate and Brandin Masters both had 2 assists.

In another non league contest, Akron downed Holley 3-1.

Lyndonville bests Elba in G-R volleyball

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2021 at 10:47 pm

Lyndonville scored a four set 25-12, 25-10, 19-25, 25-14 victory over Elba in a Genesee Region League volleyball match this evening.

Gracie Johnson had 3 kills and 7 digs, Lorelei Dillenbeck 6 aces and 4 kills, Addy Dillenbeck 3 aces and 5 kills, Brianna Smith 8 aces, Karlee Rounds 3 aces and 2 kills and Haley Shaffer 11 digs for the Lady Tigers.

Mariah Ognibene and Carolyn Sybertz each had 3 kills for Elba.

Medina tops Kenmore in N-O field hockey

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 17 September 2021 at 10:42 pm

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Alexandra Strong works to gain control of the ball during the Mustangs win over visiting Kenmore this afternoon at Vets Park.

Iyla Lilleby scored two goals and Lydia Fox and Baileigh NcAdoo each netted one to lead Medina to a 4-2 victory over Kenmore in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game this afternoon at Vets Park.

Medina is now 2-2 and Kenmore 1-2 in N-O action.

N-O Golf

Wilson edged Roy-hart 278-281 in a Niagara-Orleans League golf match this afternoon.